Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22


in the stores here at ten cents a dozen.
Mrs. Alice l.. King, of Monteagle,
is visiting Mr.. T. ]. Hubble's family.
Circuit Court will begin here on
Thursday of next week. S. Il.
O'Neal, Esq, will be sworn in to fill
Attorney-General Wilson's place.
Mr.. w. M. Robertson, Deputy
Internal Revenue Collector at this
place, has been confined to his room
for day or two with bilious attack.
The letter box at the new post
Office has been placed under the
window on the left hand side of the
door as you enter. la6
-Messrs. NJ. G. Overall, 4. M. and
H. B. Williams, agents and solicitors
for the Goodspeed Publishing Co.,
one here soliciting both in town and
county for the History of Tennessee
noticed in another column.
Only two marriage licenses have
been issued by the County Court
Clerk during the last week. They
were for Homer Moore to'Mary Nun
nelly, and l.. ]. Holder to Belle
Martin.
1.-THE Young Folks Musical
Monthly is the title of good musical
periodical published at Youngsville,
Ohio. The subscription Is only one
dollar year, and a piece of sheet
music, which would sell for from %
cts to so cts, goes with each issue.
Send 10 cts for sample copy.
When we pick up the old "New
England Farmer" with one hand we
reach for the scissors with the other.
Its well-filled columns always contain
much that we want, and we clip it
very generously. 1t has recently
changed its form from four to eight
pages, by which it is much improved
and enlarged. f4d,
Mr.. Jas. w. Snodgrass, who has
been on the STANDARD typographical
force for the last three years, has
secured an appointment in the Inter
nal Revenue service, as storekeeper
and ganger, and will be assigned to
duty in few days.
All who owe us anything on last
year are specially requested to come
and settle at once. AS a matter Of
business we will not carry anyone
who does not come and settle once q
year at least, or otherwise arrange.
POTTER BROS.
Mrs. Alice l.. King, of Monteagle
is now making an effort to raise a
class here in permanship. Mrs. King
is an accomplished artist with the
pen, and has been engaged in teach
ing it for twenty years. She has
placed some specimens of her work or
the black-boards at the City schoo
building, and all are invited to cal
there and examine the work. He
terms are very reasonable and she
ought to secure large class.
The post Office was moved Thurs
day morning to the room in north
west corner of the Warren House
which was formerly occupied by tht
National Bank of McMinnville. Thi
is the most spacious and comfortable
room the Office has had in numbe
of years, and is quite as convenient t,
the business part Of town as the OLE
Office, and a good deal more so to tn
STANDARD Office, consequently w
are well pleased with the change.
-Messrs. T. F. Burroughs K Co.
have been contemplating the placin!
of new machinery in their spoke ant
handle factory at this place, whicl
would nearly double their capacity
but will now wait until it is deter
mined what effect the Inter-stat
Commerce bill will have on treigh
rates. They say that ifthrough rate
are increased, as many think will b
the natural result of the bill, they Wi
have to shut down. The factory
now working about fifty hands.
MIR. j. NJ. Newton had the mis-
fortune to get his elft hand very bad
ly damaged in a spoke lathe at tn
spoke and handle factory, on Frida
evening of last week. He let aspok
drop into the lathe and thoughtlessl
thrust his hand into the machine t
catch the spoke. The forefiRger wa
cut off at the second joint, and tn
flesh cut from the other fingers, mal
} ing an ugly and painful wound. TIL
hand was dressed by DIR. Ramsey
and Jim is recovering from the acc